Late
Thursday, Trump tweeted that a verdict of ‘not guilty’ within the Steinle
murder trial was “disgraceful,” and highlighted his annoyance at the resolution
of a trial he’d cited within his campaign as a justification for tougher
enforcement on immigration.
Mr.
Jim Steinle, who was walking along with his daughter who was 32 years old when
she died, echoed President’s Trump’s sentiments, and told the San Francisco
Chronicle that the family was shocked and saddened by this verdict.
Earlier
Thursday, a jury found Mr. Zarate not guilty in Kate Steinle’s killing upon a
San Francisco pier within the presidential campaign in the year 2015.
United
States immigration officials stated that they’ll deport Zarate, who’d been
deported five times in the past and who was wanted for a sixth deportation as
Steinle was shot in the back when walking along with her dad.
The
fatal shooting touched off a heated national immigration debate, as well as was
utilized by then-candidate Donald Trump to push for a wall upon the border of
Mexico.
The
trial highlighted the "sanctuary city" policy in San Francisco that restricts
officials in the area from cooperating with immigration authorities in the U.S.
However,
politics didn’t come up within the month-long case featuring ballistics
experts’ testimony. Defense lawyers argued that Zarate was a homeless man who shot
and killed Kate Steinle in a freak accident. According to prosecutors, he meant
to kill her.
Garcia
Zarate didn’t deny shooting Kate Steinle and said that it was an accident.
Jurors
found him guilty of being a felon who possessed a firearm, which means he
knowingly owned a firearm yet there wasn’t any intent for him to shoot or hurt
anyone. Jeff Adachi, public defender, stated that the count carries a possible
sentence of 16 months to up to three years behind prison bars.
The
family didn’t go to the verdict reading. Jurors left without any comments and
then the judge sealed all of their names.
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